~Kids played very nicely together this morning while I woke up/worked. They succeeded in pulling out the toys from my closet they should not be getting into (we trade toys every few months to keep things neat and “new”) but at least they got along well.
~Snacks.
~We got into work. M was playing with a new spelling game on my iPhone. She was stuck on the word “eye” which is actually quite hard to sound out, but I insisted she try. She farted around a LOT and threw in various letters like X or Z because she was being a punk, but she finally got herself into a better place and guessed at “eie” which is not bad at all in my opinion. I told her I was very proud of her for getting back into a good place of concentration and making a good guess.
~We reviewed China in SOTW. We re-read the chapter, and looked at a world map to visualize it. Later we’ll get to the projects we didn’t do back before we took a SOTW break.
~We read The Warlords Messengers (I had two other Warlord books from the library but I think I must have returned them).
~I gave M a list of five spelling words I pulled out of my butt starting with “eye” (heh). She claims to already know them all. Cool. Will make spelling easier this week.
~We read The Warlords Bead’s before we left to run an errand. Guess I did not return it after all.
~In the afternoon E played on PBSKids.org for awhile while M played Hannah Montana on the Wii at the neighbor’s house. Much more of this and I will fear for my daughter’s musical tastes.
~After a snack, the kids and I did some SOTW-inspired art. We painted pictograms and then made bowls out of clay which we will later paint in the Ming style (which, as far as I know really isn’t the period of China we are studying right now so I don’t really get that, but whatever – it’s fun).
~Dinnertime.
~When dad was home, he and the kids watered the backyard and harvested strawberry (just the one). Then the kids ran around under M’s direction having a blast. I love days like this where they play so well together.
~Stories at bedtime.
Margie
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My four-year-old had a pretty significant language delay and has been in programs since he was 18 months old to keep an eye on it. He's gaining in leaps and bounds, but we keep our eyes on him, even though he is not currently in speech. He knows all the letters and sounds and is beginning to read. He knows all his numbers up to 20 or so and all his colors and shapes - including octagon! He loves puzzles, books and his train set. They Might be Giants is his favorite band.Archives
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